Month: October 2017
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What’s Making Me Happy: October Edition
I usually immerse myself in spooky/horror entertainment during October, but this year, it’s been murder mysteries that have been making month. There are also some techie things I recently learned about that have been a godsend. Here’s what’s been making me happy this October: Grantchester It’s the early 1950s and an unlikely duo of detective…
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Literary Linking: October 23 – 27
This week’s link topics include: a case for reading Ulysses, Christmas dinner at Hogwarts and more! The best bookish links the week of October 23 – 27: Harry Potter Fans Can Eat Christmas Dinner at Hogwarts Maybe if you ask for a trip to England for Christmas this year, you can make your travel plans…
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10 Books You’ll Want To Read Based on Their Intriguing Super Fun Long Titles
Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week’s topic is Top 10 Unique Book Titles. This post is my variation on the theme. It can’t be easy for an author to decide on the title of his or her book. How can you encapsulate the…
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Literary Linking: October 16 – 20
This week’s article topics include: room service for books, a Harry Potter exhibit, adding words to the dictionary and more! The best bookish links the week of October 16 – 20: How the 25 Greatest Stories Ever Told Would Be Ruined by Technology My personal faves: Oedipus, Lord of the Flies, and Little Women. Literacy…
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What I’ve Been Reading: October Edition
Happy October! We’re finally getting some fall weather here in Maryland and I’m about to start reading some creepy books to get ready for Halloween. What I’ve read so far this month has been pretty eclectic, but nothing has disappointed! Here’s what I’ve been reading: Final Girls, by Riley Sager Three girls, all the sole…
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Literary Linking: October 9 – 13
This week’s article topics include: Dan Brown, designing book covers, a waterproof Kindle, and more! The best bookish links the week of October 9 -13: The World According To Dan Brown This article actually came out a couple weeks ago, but it’s so entertaining, I had to include it. Dan Brown is a bit of…
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Books in the Nude…SFW, I Promise 🙂
Don’t worry — this post is safe for work! What I mean by “books in the nude” is simply hardback books without their dust jackets on. I process a lot of children’s picture books at work (barcoding, labeling, covering, etc.), and in doing so, I see a lot of fun covers under the dust jacket….
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Literary Linking: October 2 – 6
This week’s article topics include: fun word facts, the National Book Award finalists, a 2000+ page book about bread, and more! The best bookish links the week of October 2- 6: 2017 National Book Award Finalists I haven’t read nearly enough of the finalists! The winners aren’t announced for another month, though, so there’s still…
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10 New Bookish Vocabulary Words To Use Today
I recently I read over my blog posts and noticed that I use a lot of the same turns of phrase and vocabulary. To remedy this and liven up my writing, I actively searched for new and interesting words relating to the literary world. Did I use Websters’s? Nope! Did I use www.dictionary.com? Negative! I…
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What’s Making Me Happy: September Edition
September has been a whirlwind of craziness, but there have been a bunch of things getting me through the trying and busy times: Pluots/Apriums My Trader Joe’s carries a lot of unique produce including funky fruit hybrids. When I saw pluots and apriums on the shelf together, my initial reaction was, “Aren’t those basically the…